Alphard Club

Anyine had any good success with insurance policies for their alphard that are not already listed?

When you are inside the car and lock it with the remote, can you unlock it from the inside where it unlocks all the doors? do all the doors clunk as they unlock?

Custom Front Mats – Toyota Alphard / Vellfire High-quality custom front mats designed to fit: • 10 Series (2002–2008) • 20 Series (late 2008–2015) Made from durable polypropylene with a real latex rubber backing, these mats are hard-wearing, stain-resistant, and built to last. Available Colours: • Anthracite • Mid Grey • Brown Features: • Choice of edging colours • Supplied with clips • Reinforced heel mats included Price: £39 Postage: £4.60 Message me if you’ve got any questions 👍

definetly need a video of that matt

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I shared this across from the main site Toyota Owners Club. Forgot about Alphard searching. Its using the UK data. Will see if I can find the Japanese search

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shall be flying in from Philippines so hopefully seasoned myself a few days before arrival Last time was in winter and osaka was like our spring here.

hopefully will be there myself in the summer

those are yummy!!

hi mate May i ask where you got them please??

Thought it would be fun to add a japanese theme get yours by selecting it top right of this screen and press the Pill shaped button and choose the theme.. all just for fun!

it has been mentioned by myself, Torque converter on the Alphard retains: ~40–50% of the total ATF If you have the time to do it yourself you can do a 2nd flush, they dont use that much fluid just from the pan 2-3 litres

never seen one before. super rare

hi chris There will probably be a large meet in 26, dates to be confirmed

Welcome to the club I believe Algys is only if you want to import the vehicle yourself, they help you with the buying process. They may of changed since so best to find out if they sell cars now. There are a few dealers i have dealt with and the one that I have seen feedback from is New Acre Leisure: https://www.newacreleisure.com/ This is just from what i have seen so I cannot vouch for any recommendations I give but their feedback is pretty good. Here is their google reviews: https://share.google/aEmYjpoJMeM24GguV

never heard of an alphard flywheel going. usually happens on manual cars and especially manual diesel cars from poor driving habits and quick shifting to save fuel.

Hi and welcome to the club They are lying. You do not need to reset anything. Ive done it myself. Its also not difficult. Too many mechanics scared to delve in to something different and actually think for themselves instead of using the computer to help them. Best bet, find a garage that sells import vehicles, and ask them who they use. Guarenteed they know someone.

nice one mick, welcome to the club we should all now do the wave sign by putting the wipers on from now on

pull the coin tray down and out. My switches used to keep pushing in so thats what i did to fix and clip back in. You should be able to stick your hand n the back and pull switches down

I used to think it was time for a brew (kidding lol)

cannot quite see it, is it flat on the bottom?

Buyers guide

Common problem this.. thought i had mice in mine lol

yes sounds like the servo unit... had the same on a jaguar once,.. ran it for a while but a few times it was scary and had to quickly rev the car to stop. to be honest a used one will probably work fine as i have not seen many cases of them failing. looks something like this (but may not be exact so please check) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256286887958?chn=ps&_ul=GB&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item